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Aarakshan

  • 20112011
  • 2h 44m
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6.2/10
5.7K
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Amitabh Bachchan, Tanvi Azmi, Manoj Bajpayee, Saif Ali Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Mukesh Tiwari, Rajeev Verma, Deepika Padukone, and Prateik Babbar in Aarakshan (2011)
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The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.
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5.7K
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    • Prakash Jha
    • Prakash Jha
    • Anjum Rajabali
  • Stars
    • Amitabh Bachchan
    • Saif Ali Khan
    • Manoj Bajpayee
    • Prakash Jha
    • Prakash Jha
    • Anjum Rajabali
  • Stars
    • Amitabh Bachchan
    • Saif Ali Khan
    • Manoj Bajpayee
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    Amitabh Bachchan, Manoj Bajpayee, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, and Prateik Babbar in Aarakshan (2011)
    Amitabh Bachchan, Manoj Bajpayee, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, and Prateik Babbar in Aarakshan (2011)

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    Amitabh Bachchan
    Amitabh Bachchan
    • Prabhakar Anand
    Saif Ali Khan
    Saif Ali Khan
    • Deepak Kumar
    Manoj Bajpayee
    Manoj Bajpayee
    • Mithilesh Singh
    • (as Manoj Bajpai)
    Deepika Padukone
    Deepika Padukone
    • Poorvi
    Prateik Babbar
    Prateik Babbar
    • Sushant Seth
    • (as Prateik)
    Tanvi Azmi
    Tanvi Azmi
    • Kavita P. Anand
    Saurabh Shukla
    Saurabh Shukla
    • Mantri Baburao
    Darshan Jariwala
    Darshan Jariwala
    • Anirudh Chaudhary
    Yashpal Sharma
    Yashpal Sharma
    • Shambhu Yadav
    Mukesh Tiwari
    Mukesh Tiwari
    • Police Inspector
    Rajeev Verma
    Rajeev Verma
    • Damodar
    Indira Tiwari
    • Tabela Topper Student
    S.M. Zaheer
    • Prof. Kantaprasad
    Chetan Pandit
    Chetan Pandit
    • Prof. Dinkar
    Vinay Apte
    Vinay Apte
    • Neta Bhishamber
    Anita Kanwar
    Anita Kanwar
    • Mrs. Kantaprasad
    Aanchal Munjal
    • Muniya S. Yadav
    • (as Aachal Munjal)
    Hema Malini
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      • Anjum Rajabali
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    • Trivia
      Whilst shooting in the heat, the cast/crew member used to bring an umbrella over Amitabh Bachchan. He would move away from the shade of the umbrella, and when he was asked why he didn't want to come under the shade from the blistering heat, Bachchan replied he didn't want to get used to such things whilst working.
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    A huge disappointment
    In short, Praksh Jha should not play with our emotions and feel ashamed. The movie name should not be Aarakshan, it may be Shiksha ki Rajniti (Poltics in Education). Manoj and BigB did act very well, Others like Saif, Prateek and Dipika did not get the opportunity. If you would not go into the title of the movie and watch it as you don't know anything about it, you might enjoy the first part. There is no timing for the songs in the movie, the second song de de mauka sucks and out of context. Second part is too boring.

    As like many others, I was desperately waiting for this movie for last two months. In last two weeks, so many many conferences, SC/ST commission report and ban of the movie in three states UP , AP and Punjab. When you watch the movie, first thing, you will laugh on our poor politicians who were in favor of banning this movie. This shows the intellectual level of all these stupid reservation supporters. Even after watching this movie, they are banning this. This movie is in favor of reservation and just show one side of the coin but Praksah Jha...shame on him...This guy so called raising the public issue talking like a great guy in press conferences and making the point of anti-reservation just to get publicity. As an IITian, I have faced this reservation myself and I am in favor of anti-reservation and strongly believe that it should be based on economic status not on caste. Do you want reservation for the kids of Lalu yadav, relatives of Mayavati and Karunanidhi. Come on and give me a pause??

    I feel that Praksah Jha owe an apology to young generation and so Mr Bachhan who were going with their press conferences on NDTV and IBN with students across the nation and constantly trying to make their stand on anti-reservation. Please, do not watch this movie, they have just played with us on the name of "AARAKSHAN".
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    • Aug 13, 2011

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      • August 12, 2011 (United States)
      • India
      • Hindi
      • English
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      • Oriental College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
    • Production companies
      • Base Industries Group
      • Prakash Jha Productions
      • Zeal Z Entertainment services
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    • 2 hours 44 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital

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